﻿TRUE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  * 
  colchicus 
  formosanus 
  Elliot. 
  

  

  * 
  colchicus 
  pallasi 
  Rothschild. 
  

  

  * 
  colchicus 
  hagenbecki 
  Rothschild. 
  

   colchicus 
  karpowi 
  Buturlin. 
  

  

  * 
  colchicus 
  torquatus 
  Gmelin. 
  

  

  * 
  versicolor 
  Vieillot. 
  

  

  73 
  

  

  KEY 
  TO 
  THE 
  ADULT 
  MALES 
  OF 
  PHASIANUS 
  

  

  (Adapted 
  from 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1904, 
  pp. 
  378-385) 
  

  

  I. 
  Under 
  parts 
  not 
  wholly 
  metallic 
  green 
  ........ 
  Phasianus 
  colchicus. 
  

  

  a 
  Lower 
  back, 
  rump, 
  and 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  of 
  a 
  bronze-red, 
  maroon, 
  or 
  

   rusty-orange 
  general 
  colour, 
  sometimes 
  glossed 
  with 
  oily 
  green 
  ; 
  black 
  

   bars 
  on 
  the 
  tail 
  generally 
  narrow. 
  

   a' 
  Wing-coverts 
  sandy 
  brown 
  or 
  sandy 
  rufous. 
  

  

  a" 
  Margins 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  of 
  rump 
  and 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  coppery 
  

   maroon 
  ; 
  chest 
  feathers 
  margined 
  with 
  black. 
  

   a 
  3 
  Middle 
  of 
  breast 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  belly 
  dark 
  purplish 
  green 
  ; 
  centre 
  of 
  

   belly 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  darker, 
  blackish 
  brown 
  ; 
  chest 
  and 
  

   breast-feathers 
  broadly 
  tipped 
  with 
  black. 
  

   « 
  4 
  General 
  colour 
  darker, 
  more 
  intense 
  coppery 
  red 
  ; 
  black 
  mark- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  mantle, 
  chest 
  and 
  flanks 
  glossed 
  with 
  greenish 
  blue 
  

   or 
  purple, 
  as 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  neck 
  ...... 
  colchicus. 
  

  

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  4 
  General 
  colour 
  paler, 
  more 
  golden 
  orange 
  ; 
  black 
  markings 
  of 
  

   mantle, 
  chest 
  and 
  flanks 
  glossed 
  with 
  green 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  neck 
  

  

  with 
  hardly 
  any 
  purple-blue 
  gloss 
  septentrionalis. 
  

  

  b 
  3 
  Middle 
  of 
  breast 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  belly 
  purplish 
  red-bronze 
  ; 
  centre 
  of 
  

   belly 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  lighter, 
  more 
  rusty 
  brown 
  ; 
  black 
  

   margins 
  of 
  chest- 
  and 
  breast-feathers 
  narrow 
  and 
  glossed 
  with 
  

   dark 
  blue 
  ........... 
  talischensis. 
  

  

  b" 
  Margins 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  of 
  rump 
  and 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  green 
  and 
  

  

  buff; 
  chest-feathers 
  not 
  margined 
  with 
  black 
  .... 
  tarimensis. 
  

  

  b' 
  Wing-coverts 
  white, 
  yellowish 
  white, 
  or 
  silver 
  grey. 
  

  

  c" 
  Middle 
  of 
  breast 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  belly 
  dark 
  green; 
  centre 
  of 
  belly 
  

   brownish 
  black. 
  

   c 
  z 
  Throat 
  coppery 
  maroon 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  collar. 
  

  

  c 
  4 
  White 
  collar, 
  wide 
  and 
  complete 
  or 
  nearly 
  complete 
  in 
  front; 
  

   maroon 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  throat 
  divided 
  from 
  the 
  cheeks 
  by 
  a 
  

   streak 
  of 
  bluish 
  green 
  ; 
  crown, 
  nape, 
  and 
  hind-neck 
  with 
  ' 
  

   prevailing 
  green 
  gloss 
  ; 
  forehead, 
  sides 
  of 
  neck, 
  and 
  tips 
  of 
  

   throat-feathers 
  with 
  prevailing 
  greenish-blue 
  gloss 
  ; 
  chest 
  

   and 
  mantle 
  with 
  prevailing 
  bluish 
  and 
  purple 
  gloss 
  ; 
  middle 
  

   of 
  breast 
  green 
  ; 
  black 
  markings 
  of 
  flanks 
  purplish 
  and 
  

   greenish 
  blue 
  ......... 
  turcestanicus. 
  

  

  d 
  A 
  White 
  collar 
  narrower 
  and 
  more 
  interrupted 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  only 
  the 
  

   very 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  maroon 
  feathers 
  bordering 
  the 
  cheeks 
  below 
  

   with 
  light 
  greenish 
  ; 
  prevailing 
  metallic 
  gloss 
  is 
  purple 
  and 
  

   bronze 
  on 
  the 
  crown, 
  nape 
  and 
  hind-neck, 
  dark 
  yellowish 
  

   green 
  on 
  forehead, 
  bronzy 
  green 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  neck 
  and 
  on 
  tips 
  

   of 
  throat-feathers, 
  as 
  also 
  on 
  chest, 
  mantle 
  and 
  middle 
  of 
  

   breast 
  ; 
  black 
  markings 
  of 
  flanks 
  glossed 
  with 
  green 
  . 
  . 
  mongolicus. 
  

   d 
  z 
  Throat 
  dark 
  green 
  ; 
  no 
  white 
  collar 
  or 
  only 
  slight 
  traces 
  of 
  it. 
  

   f 
  4 
  Flank 
  feathers 
  narrowly 
  tipped, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  chest, 
  breast 
  

   and 
  upper 
  back 
  very 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  having 
  a 
  

   purplish-green 
  gloss 
  ; 
  rump-feathers 
  with 
  a 
  subterminal 
  spot 
  

   of 
  green 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  ; 
  black 
  tail-bars 
  much 
  

   broader, 
  wing-coverts 
  somewhat 
  yellowish 
  . 
  ... 
  shawi. 
  

  

  f* 
  Flank-feathers 
  broadly 
  tipped, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  chest, 
  breast 
  and 
  

   upper 
  back 
  very 
  broadly 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  having 
  a 
  rich 
  

   green 
  gloss 
  ; 
  rump 
  feathers 
  with 
  a 
  triangular 
  green 
  spot 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  shafts; 
  black 
  tail-bars 
  much 
  narrower; 
  wing- 
  

   coverts 
  clearer 
  white. 
  

  

  